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Animal Friends Insurance, the UK pet insurer that dedicates its net profits to funding animal welfare projects worldwide, has funded a 20 strong team out of 120 crew members of the charity SARA (Severn Area Rescue Association) to be trained on a “mammal medic” course to rescue dolphins and other marine mammals stranded in the Severn Estuary in South West England. SARA is more used to rescuing people than wildlife but there is an increasing demand for cetacean rescue in particular in the Severn River area.

SARA approached Animal Friends Insurance to fund the specialist training of their crews by UK leading marine animal rescue organization The British Divers Marine Life Rescue. SARA’s David Thompson, Executive Fundraising Officer said: Read more…